I actually havent jumped into the power cord stuff yet. I was thinking of taking that step next year. I have been considering WW plat vs shunyata seems like shunyata gets the nod in alot of forums when it comes to the power stuff. there was that audiobacon review with the dave and power cables it was a interesting review
Oh, I think I read your other post wrong. Sorry. You were talking about headphone cables, yeah?
Well, if you haven't gotten into power cables, DON'T!!! Just kidding (sort of)! It's a big pain the ass, really. It's funny because I've heard pretty much all of the exotic brands, and yes, I respect the hell out of opinions in here, as well as the reviews on audiobacon, but in the end I sort of thought for myself. Not that I was following the crowd, but that I just had to try what everybody said was the best, when in fact it's all goes by what your ears are tuned to.
The truth is, most of the exotic cables with my DAVE sounded worse with the cables in. There was either a hardening of the sound, the cable did nothing, or it sucked the life from the music. Yeah, there is snake oil in the bunch for sure. Not all, but most.
After hearing the offerings from the High Fidelity Cable Company, I thought I had settled on something that was really special...until it wasn't. So, after all the headaches, I had this WireWorld Silver Electra 7 sitting around that a real respected audio dealer kept telling me it was the best, but I had boxes full of all these more pricy, so I never gave the $500 cable a try. It was unbelievable when I put it in. A true revelation. Like I said in another post, like the stock cable, but more open, resolving, transparent, without a sound signature that deviated from the one that came with the DAVE.
It's a jungle out there. What works for me might not work for you. If you're trying to tune the DAVE away from its natural signature, by all means there are cables out there that will do that. But if you're trying to open up the DAVE by just getting cleaner power, while filtering out the bad stuff, well, I've only heard one cable that can do that. I have no idea what going up a big notch to their Platinum 7 will do, or not do.
My only caveats are that I employ a PS Audio P300 which provides balanced power in the form of a pure sine wave from my wall to the power cord, and that I am still using my HD800s, which I don't think synergies with the DAVE all that well, unless you mod or EQ.